dryad
/ˈdɹaɪəd/noun
dryad is spelled D-R-Y-A-D: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 82,325th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dryad means “A female tree spirit; a woodnymph or tree nymph” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dryad is dryads.
How many letters and syllables are in dryad?
| Letters | 5: D-R-Y-A-D |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 8 million words; the 82,325th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is dryad?
Dryad appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 82,325th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce dryad?
- /ˈdɹaɪəd/
- /ˈdɹaɪˌæd/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Qwertygiy-dryad.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of dryad
- dryads plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dryad mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A female tree spirit; a woodnymph or tree nymph.
- 2
Any of the dryas plants, especially the plant mountain avens.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Dryad in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense female tree spirit:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does dryad come from?
From Old French driade (“wood nymph”), from Latin Dryas, Dryadis, from Ancient Greek Δρυάς (Druás, “dryad”), from δρῦς (drûs, “oak”), from Proto-Indo-European *derew(o)- (“tree, wood”); cf. Proto-Indo-European *dóru (“tree”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).